A CHALLENGE FOR BINGERS

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  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    I am so glad to see you all back!!! Thanks :) I had a HORRIBLE day! It started off really well...however i got a package from my mom with some treats in it. It is so hard for me to have food in my dorm room without wanting to eat it all!! It is so frustrating!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?? I know i feel better when i eat well but when i get in that "mood", i just want to eat and eat...anything! What do you think I should do besides this thread...??? thanks for the help!
  • jmalone
    jmalone Posts: 7
    Kels, I totally get where you're coming from... if I have any form of treat in my dorm room, I'm screwed and it'll probably be gone within the week. (one reason why I tell my mom not to send me stuff from home :tongue: ) If you've got somewhere else you can store it, do that, or even better, ask your roommate (if you have one) to take the treats and make sure you don't eat them. I do a lot better when all my treats are downstairs in the kitchen and I can't get to them as easily. Hope this helps!

    Day 2 for me! I'm hoping it'll go as well as Day 1 :smile:
  • sixtyinchesoffury
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    I know I am pretty late in this challenge but I am so glad i found it. This is definitely my biggest problem. I do great all day, I am a massage therapist so no eating at my "desk":laugh: but when I get home at night I find myself wandering into the kitchen and just taking bites of treats....they add up quickly. I wake up in the morning hating myself and not even wanting to log my foods!!

    I have been on this site long enough to know better but I get so hung up in this cycle of doing good then rewarding myself then feeling bad.....it stinks!! So I am going to start and probably will be hanging out here tonight so I can't get up and go to the kitchen....can't get up with a laptop in your lap:tongue:

    Good luck to everyone and thanks for the support.....Ang

    PS this is the first challenge I have joined!!!
  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    Thanks jmalone for the response! i just try not to have much food in my room and definately nothing like sweet unless i have planned it into my day!

    Today went okay, had a little too much tonight, but it was all fruit, so i consider that a good day! Day 1 accomplished!

    hope everyone has a great weekend!
  • ladybug2
    ladybug2 Posts: 20
    OMG There are so many of US This will help I'm not alone--To start I'm going to plan all my meals and set them upfor the next day Good Luck to all I can feel good vibes already.
  • dancer33
    dancer33 Posts: 114 Member
    I finished day 3 yesterday! Wish me luck though because I will be away this weekend and DEFINITELY concerned about my calorie intake! I've gotta stick with it!
  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    Good job on day 3 dancer and good luck this weekend! you can do it!

    i am back to day one tomorrow- tonight was a disaster but i have high hopes and extra modivation for tomorrow!
    i have just been down in the dumps lately with so much stress from school and i haven't been home in 2 months. i am going home in 2 weeks to see my family and friends and i am so excited but i am still down for now...

    i hope everyone is having a great weekend- and welcome new comers!
  • jmalone
    jmalone Posts: 7
    So I had to start over with yesterday as Day 1, but it went well! :happy: Day 2, here I come! Good luck with the last part of the weekend everyone!
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    So I made it 12 days....12 DAYS....and totally screwed up this weekend. First last night and then again tonight. What is wrong with me? I always start to eat when I feel really bad about my weight. I feel like I am a huge blimp and will never lose weight ever!! I workout every day religiously but the food is getting me. I just feel so FAT. :cry: boo.

    Day 1 begins once again tomorrow...I hope everyone had a good weekend!
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    P.S. Has anyone out there ever dealt with a past eating disorder wanting to return?
  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    day 1 done

    good job blondy on 12 days and i totaly understand about the eating when you feel bad about your weight! just try to keep in mind how great you feel after you do well!

    have a good start to your week!
  • jmalone
    jmalone Posts: 7
    Day 2 is done! Heading off to bed in a little bit :) Hope everyone had a great weekend!

    Jen
  • jmalone
    jmalone Posts: 7
    Onto Day 3 today... :happy:
  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    Day 2 is done
    i am trying to make it my longest ever- until i go home for halloween. i don't want to overeat when i get home either, i just want to make sure i make it binge-free untill i get to go home so that i can feel my best when i see family and friends! I have 10 more days to go! i really hope i can make it!!! woohoo- lets do it!
  • dancer33
    dancer33 Posts: 114 Member
    my goal is halloween also!!! I'm on day 6!
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    Great job everyone!! I am beginning Day 2 today. After a terrible binge on Sunday (including things not in my strict Celiac diet :noway: ) I have decided that I don't EVER want to binge again. The feelings afterwards are too terrible to justify the events during a binge. So this is the start of Day 2 of hopefully forever...

    But I am realistic and am going for 14 days at a time. All the best!
  • jmalone
    jmalone Posts: 7
    Day 1 again for me.... thinking I can handle having snack food in my room is a bad idea and screws me up every time! :grumble: I hope I nailed it into my head this time.
  • kels0724
    kels0724 Posts: 136
    Day 3 a success! good job everyone~ and dancer, keep it up till halloween :) 6 days, that is so great!
  • dancer33
    dancer33 Posts: 114 Member
    Well Kels...I spoke too soon yesterday. I had a TERRIBLE binge last night. I don't think this thread is helping me as much as I hoped it would...so I had to take it a step further and start a blog! I need to hold myself more responsible...and I figured a blog is the best way to do it. Hopefully this is helping for the rest of you though! I feel like I've taken a HUGE step backward lately! So I've created a little experiment called "72 Days and 72 Nights"...check it out! It's time for me to stop making excuses and just DO it. :grumble:
  • BrandNewLaura
    BrandNewLaura Posts: 1,650 Member
    I've been seeing this thread on the board, and I didn't think I needed it...but I have been on a non-stop binge since my splurge day two Sundays ago. Last week I lucked out and lost 3 pounds despite my bingeing...but this week I am terrified of what the scale will say. I just had a binge and now I'm feeling full and gross...I desperately need someone to be accountable to. Here is to tomorrow and stopping the bingeing! Tomorrow will be my day one.
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    Dancer - I am sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time. I think it's great that you started a blog about your accountability. You can beat this! And remember that you are never alone in your battle. :flowerforyou:

    Kels - good job!

    Laura - Welcome to the thread! I think I can say that everyone in this thread can relate somewhat to how you are feeling. Good luck to you!

    I have completed 4 binge-free days and am beginning (hopefully) Day 5. I don't know if this will help anyone else, but I read something that really jolted me. "If you are not willing to do what it takes, then you have to accept that you will never reach your dream weight." It also helped me to list the following about my weight loss efforts: what do I want, why do I want it, and what am I willing to do to get it. After reading that, it kicked my butt into gear.

    I hope that encourages some others. Best of luck! Happy FRIDAY!!! :happy:
  • BrandNewLaura
    BrandNewLaura Posts: 1,650 Member
    Today I only went over my calories by 101 so by the rules of this challenge technically I didn't binge...but I know in my heart that I wasn't hungry and ate out of boredom and having food in front of me which is usually what a binge is (I had a perfectly healthy dinner and then my mom came home with KFC)...so I am not counting today as day 1...tomorrow I will try again...I will be at work tomorrow morning and then will be going to church with friends in the evening so hopefully I can keep myself under control tomorrow! Congrats to everyone who is beating the binge monster! And to everyone who is still working on it, like me, together we can do this...I know it!
  • dancer33
    dancer33 Posts: 114 Member
    Thanks for the encouragement kels! It has defnititely been helping....I finished day 4 today!
    I think I had let it get into my head that its okay to binge every once in awhile. When ACTUALLY, it's not. Because BINGEING is not normal, but INDULGING is. I've learned that there's a BIG difference between the two. And THAT is exactly why I believe I can make it until jan 1 binge-free.

    4 days down! 68 to go!!!

    Laura- you are much more strict with your definition of bingeing!! Whenever I go over by 100 I still call it a great day! haha. So I'm impressed!

    Good luck through the weekend everyone!
  • abjones80
    abjones80 Posts: 32
    Today is day 1 for me and I think I'll do Saturday weigh-ins. I had 185.6lbs this morning. Let's keep it up people!! :flowerforyou:

    We are close in weight! I weigh 186.2....im heading for 160 for right now! I also weigh-in on saturdays...Good luck to ya...to everybody! :smile:

    Cool :smile: Well, we can weigh in together! You're doing SO well!!

    Would love to join in on this, I'm actually a member of OA as well, so obviously this a big issue for me.... looking to spread my support network out as big as i can get. I'd like to join this saturday weigh in group, i'm at 172 right now. aiming for 145. Today is day 2 for me.:happy:

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  • Robin_
    Robin_ Posts: 105
    Here comes all that Halloween candy!! I am a candy eatin' girl! ~Or at least i was a year ago! I am going to do a lot of walking...so that maybe I can afford a couple of bite size snickers! I haven't cheated for over a month! I'm going to freeze them and cut them into small slices and enjoy da heck out of them! How do you cope? How do you all do with candy in the house that's supposed to be for the trick or treaters? I don't buy any more (I can't be trusted!)...and just plan on being out walking around the neighboorhood. I'll be reading some labels so I can get the best deal for my cheat! Best to all!
  • BrandNewLaura
    BrandNewLaura Posts: 1,650 Member
    Laura- you are much more strict with your definition of bingeing!! Whenever I go over by 100 I still call it a great day! haha. So I'm impressed!

    Good luck through the weekend everyone!

    Well it's only because I know that if there had been more chicken I probably would have had it...the potential for a binge was there...and luckily for me, the food wasn't...today is day 1 for me and no bingeing! Here's to tomorrow and day 2!
  • ladybug2
    ladybug2 Posts: 20
    Hi started again yesterday so today is day 2 I trying to fine tune my insulin 1 unit too many and its off to the frig---here's for better days for all.
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    Complete with day 7! I am happy to say that I had a treat today but did not binge on it. And I had the perfect opportunity to binge today and wanted to but just said NO and did my eyebrows and put on a face mask :happy: . Woo hoo adult self-control here I come!

    I hope everyone had a good weekend! Ah happy last week in October!
  • dancer33
    dancer33 Posts: 114 Member
    Day 6 today!
  • msblondy16
    msblondy16 Posts: 119
    Hi!

    Robin - I would maybe buy the candy and keep it somewhere where you can't see it after you take out a couple for yourself. Or if one bite makes you want the whole bag (me), buy it and keep it at a friend's house. Or in the trunk of your car. You can do it!

    Ladybug - good job on day 2! I hope your blood sugar evens out.

    Dancer - GREAT JOB!!! The first weekend is always the hardest! 72 days here you come!

    Day 8 down, day 9 beginning tomorrow...
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